Category: Featured News

Lopez Food Heroes Celebration Dinner, Garden Tour & Film. Location: LIFE School Garden. Date: Sat. Oct. 12th. Time: 3:30-7pm. Join us in celebrating Lopez Food Heroes who are growing a local food agricultural movement across San Juan County. Get to know the LIFE Garden with a tour and refreshments, followed by a screening of the […]

Get Your FOLK ON! Come to the Salish Sea Folk Arts Fest on Orcas Island   Registration is OPEN!    Saturday pass includes a full day of music, folk dancing, kids camp, and a Makers Fair. Plus add-on Fri and Sat workshops in drum making, cedar basket making, wood carving, blacksmithing, voice and music, spinning, […]

Click to Request your FREE Film Fest Pass Earth Day Island Film Fest, April 18-28, 2024. In collaboration with the Friday Harbor Film Festival, Earth Day Orcas presents a special collection of thought-provoking and inspiring environmental documentaries available April 19-28th to stream online.  8 films . 10 days . Free with a pre-registered pass. Featured […]

Welcome to Earth Day Orcas 2024. This popular Eco Fair offers activities for all ages with art, music, science, poetry and returns to the Eastsound Waterfront on Saturday, April 20th. The two day event opens with a wonderful poetry reading on Friday evening on the 19th.   NEW this year:   A Procession of the […]

Planning Project: SJI Innovation Center. Regenerative Solutions for Agriculture and Food, Green Designs and Energy,  Environmental Programs, Arts and Culture. The San Juan Islands face challenging risks due to geographic isolation, a tenuous power grid, unreliable ferry services, a fluctuating seasonal economy, a shortage of affordable housing, and high land / materials access costs. These […]

Winter Holiday Village Market, 2023 . Join the Market Joy at Odd Fellows Hall, Eastsound .   Friday Night Market  – December 8, Opening Night with Bar, Music and Dinner, 4-8 (ticketed event)     Saturday Market – December 9, with Coffee, Pastries, Lunch, Wines and Cider, 10-4     Sunday Market – December 10, […]

Wonder Camp presents the Magic of Mushrooms and Lichen. Join us for a 3-day exploration of forest ecology, mushroom and lichen foraging, fiber design and dyeing, and edible uses. Fall Wonder Camp Retreat includes lodging and meals for guests, with day pass options for islanders. Fall Wonder Camp Retreat Information

Farm Fresh is Best! Farm Tour Dining Discoveries, October 1st and 6th. Community Invitation for delicious three course meals, ciders, and wines straight from island farms with proceeds benefitting school gardens. Orcas and Lopez Islands Farm Tour Dining Reservations Orcas on Sunday Oct 1st: Stroll this beautiful homestead and enjoy lunch prepared by The Kitchen […]

What’s Hatching in the San Juan Islands View the Hatch Newsletter News of San Juan Islands Makers events and activities including fairs, festivals, markets, tours and workshops. Includes Orcas Island, San Juan Island and Lopez Island creative makers. Published by the San Juan Islands Makers Guild, founded in 2019. Subscribe to Hatch Floral design by […]

Mend it. Make it. Fix it. Share it! News on San Juan Islands county wide Repair Cafe, Tool Lending Library, and Reuse Events and Activities. UPCOMING   Repair Cafe WA Introduction  Zoom meet-up for all islanders.   Tuesday, Sept 12th, 11am, online   Meet Kami Bruner of Zero Waste Washington and the Repair Economy WA […]